Bill: You had three pounds of extra food??? I was probably starving!!! My natural tendency is to carry a large saddlebag or pannier and add a tube to it every ride. A couple times a year, I'll clean out the bag and realize I'm carrying 25 tubes more than I need and the small saddlebag weighs 50 lbs. But, I'm trying to cultivate my latent minimalist. I have a couple trips planned in the next few months during which I plan to travel light. Minnehaha medium saddlebag for 3- day outings, etc.
A few years ago there was an article in the Reader about gearing written by a friend/customer named Dave Siskind. Dave is closing in on 500,000 miles lifetime and has ridden across the continent many times. Some photos from his tours show his heavily loaded riding buddies and Dave looking like he has just enough for a weekend outing. An alternate strategy is to carry little or nothing and rely on the kindness of strangers and ride partners. On Jan 27, 7:56 pm, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jan 27, 4:46 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Here's a 'nother tangent: do y'all have a kit for each bike, or do you swap > >> the bag between bikes? Me, I have one for each. > > I'm finally heading toward having one good bag per bike, now that i'm > making my own bags. Each bike has a core kit of 1-2 spare tubes, > steelcore levers, glueless patch kit (got tired of finding dried-up > cement), cell phone, and whatever pump fits the frame or bag. > > Commuting i'll add a lunch (usually in a tupperware container) and > usually a musette or other bag in case i need to grab something from > the store that doesn't fit in the bag. > > On longer rides i'll have up to 2 tubes plus mini chain tool and 3 > spare links (mainly for the singlespeeds), spoke wrench and a shop > rag. Non-bike stuff in there includes camera, maps (if needed), spare > t-shirt or light jacket, gloves and snacks. > > If anything, i've learned that i tend to overpack, so i've been > whittling down my load, especially for long day tours. The first > century i did i probably brought 4 lbs of food with me, and still had > about 3 by the end of the ride. > > -- > Bill Connell > St. Paul, MN -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
